Vile Bodies debutantes proved remarkably resilient and successful

proved remarkably resilient and successful

but it wasn't all walks and treats

But what starts out as simple inquiries soon evolves into a twisted and perilous journey -- from the darkened slums of New Jersey and the deserted industrial streets of New York to the recesses of sexual perversity and the hidden meeting places of Hasidic outcasts

Marco's thirteen-year old cousin prays for deliverance from her forced marriage

As Buckley tells the story of their final year together

Vile Bodies debutantes proved remarkably resilient and successful"A wickedly witty and iridescent novel" (Time) from one of England's greatest satirists takes aim at the generation of Bright Young Things that dominated London high society in the 1920s. In the years following the First World War a new generation emerged, wistful and vulnerable beneath the glitter. The Bright Young Things of 1920s London, with their paradoxical mix of innocence and sophistication, exercised their inventive minds and vile bodies in